Action of 19 March 1661

The Action of 19 March 1661 occurred on 19 March 1661 during the Golden Age of Piracy. Following the end of the Anglo-Dutch War, English privateer Jack Summer decided to continue his own war with the Dutch, and his first action against the Dutch as a solo pirate occurred in March 1661. Summer, captaining the formerly Dutch ship Dutch Killer, attacked the Dutch large fluyt Lelystad off Nevis, and he pounded it with cannon fire before ordering his ship to board the Lelystad. Dutch captain Bartje Mathiassen ordered his ship to strike its colors, and the pirates looted the ship.